Best Aaron Crows Podcasts (2026)

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Jeff Jarvis, "Magazine" (Bloomsbury, 2023) 40:22

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For a century, magazines were the authors of culture and taste, of intelligence and policy - until they were overthrown by the voices of the public themselves online. Magazine (Bloomsbury, 2023) by Jeff Jarvis, part of the Object Lessons series is a tribute to all that magazines were. From their origins in London and on Ben Franklin's press; throug…

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Holiday Listening: Nerida's nudibranchs, sea dragons and siphonophores 52:00

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As a marine molecular biologist, Dr Nerida Wilson spends a lot of her time getting acquainted with the mysterious creatures lurking in the dark depths of the sea. From nudibranchs, to sea dragons and a UFO-looking spiral that's around 150 feet long, Nerida doesn't need to know why these weird and wonderful creatures exist, that they made it here in…

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Holiday Listening: Lee Berger, the real-life Indiana Jones, and the Case of the Lost Hominids 51:48

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When Lee Berger entered the field of palaeoanthropology there was a one in 10,000,000 chance he would discover anything 'worthwhile' digging around South Africa. But this real-life Indiana Jones kept bucking the odds. First, he found a pair of hominid teeth in southern Africa, and then after a fossil-hunting dry spell, his 9-year-old son Matthew fo…

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Holiday Listening: Fishing for feelings -- the many ways fish are smarter than you think 50:17

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Dr Culum Brown is a leading researcher in the field of fish cognition, his research has shown that even that smallest fish are capable of learning and can retain memories for months. His fascination for fish stems from growing up in parts of south-east Asia, where he would spend every possible hour in the ocean with a snorkel. As an adult, Culum's …

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Holiday Listening: The flying vet from Outback Queensland 51:00

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Dr Campbell Costello's work as a vet has taken him out of his family's station in North Queensland to places as far flung as Kazakhstan, Mongolia and Patagonia. He's acted as the official vet for a sled race in Alaska, for epic horse races in Mongolia and Argentina, and he has run a cattle station in the former Soviet Union. But after a family trag…

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SEASON 6: Kai Crowe-Getty Goes From Party Band Leader Towards Finding a Cathartic Place 27:35

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Singer-songwriter Kai Crowe-Getty has spent more than a decade fronting the rock 'n' roll band Lord Nelson. But in recent years, he's been quietly crafting a more thoughtful style—very much along the lines of the exceptional James McMurtry—that stands in stark contrast to his rowdier rock catalogue. His new foray is on full display throughout his s…

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Richard Bradford, "Tough Guy: The Life of Norman Mailer" (Bloomsbury, 2023) 1:12:09

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Twice winner of the Pulitzer Prize, firstly in 1969 for The Armies of the Night and again in 1980 for The Executioner's Song, Norman Mailer's life comes as close as is possible to being the Great American Novel: beyond reason, inexplicable, wonderfully grotesque and addictive.The Naked and the Dead was acclaimed not so much for its intrinsic qualit…

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The 2025 Blow-Out Episode | Game Awards 2025 Round-up + Fantasy Critic League Results 1:53:36

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It's the final episode of Super Ghost for 2025! The gang's all here to round-up the 2025 Game Awards announcements, our fantasy critic league results, and we top it all off with some sweet, sweet random recs. See ya next year! 🦋 COOL LINKS: 🧾 Transcript 📺 Video Version 👉 Hard Image of the Week ★Patreon★ ★Ko-Fi★ All other links ➡️ superghost.site 🫠 …

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How we got hooked on credit cards | from TED Talks Daily 4:56

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Today, credit cards are a $500 billion-a-year industry. Banks consider these lines of credit when deciding whether or not to approve loans, incentivizing customers to maintain multiple credit cards. So, how did this lending system originate? And how did they get to be so popular? Nidhi Upadhyaya digs into the history of credit cards in the United S…

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Holiday Listening: Slime moulds—the brainless blobs that can move and solve mazes 48:00

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Dr Tanya Latty is an insect scientist with a quirky taste in pets, and a keen eye for detail, but it's the lessons from her brainless pet slime mould that she's most fascinated about. Tanya studies the behaviour of ants and bees and she's particularly interested in their ability to work effectively as a team to achieve a common goal. But her pet pr…

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Holiday Listening: David Bindi Hudson on playing his didgeridoo at the Taj Mahal 49:24

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When his elders named him Bindi, David Hudson had no idea his future would involve performing with his didgeridoo at the Taj Mahal, or a role in a film starring Marlin Brando Western Yalanji and Ewamian man David Bindi Hudson is a performing artist and musician. His parents were born on Mona Mona mission, near Cairns. David's mother didn't like bei…

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Trymaine Lee, "A Thousand Ways to Die: The True Cost of Violence on Black Life in America" (St. Martins, 2025) 52:30

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A few years ago, Trymaine Lee, though fit and only 38, nearly died of a heart attack. When his then five-year-old daughter, Nola, asked her daddy why, he realized that to answer her honestly, he had to confront what almost killed him—the weight of being a Black man in America; of bearing witness, as a journalist, to relentless Black death; and of a…

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Holiday Listening: Learning from the mighty matriarchs of the animal kingdom 51:20

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Erna Walraven was one of the first female zookeepers to work at Sydney's Taronga Zoo in the 1980s. Despite practical jokes from her male colleagues, like animal dung in her gumboots, Erna kept her nerve. She was born in The Netherlands, to parents who were involved in the Dutch resistance during World War II. Erna's love of languages took her to Sp…

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Chill VGM Mixtape, Vol. 1 | Gone Fishin', All-Out Ambience, Oops All MegaTen 45:26

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The rest of the Super Ghost crew had to take the week off, so Aaron threw together a mixtape of some dank, mossy, and chill video game music. Block themes: Gone Fishin', All-Out Ambience, Oops All MegaTen. ENJOY K BYE. 🦋 COOL LINKS: 🧾 Transcript 📺 Video Version 👉 Hard Image of the Week ★Patreon★ ★Ko-Fi★ All other links ➡️ superghost.site 🫠 CREDITS …

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What 2025 Taught Us—And Where 2026 Is Taking Us 55:40

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What do foot massage parties, otters, and AI robot tutors have in common? To find out, tune into our special end-of-year conversation featuring the hosts from TED Talks Daily, TED Radio Hour, TED Business, and TED Tech! Elise Hu of TED Talks Daily hosted a conversation with Manoush Zomorodi, Modupe Akinola and Sherrell Dorsey, where they discussed …

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Kwame Nkrumah and Pan-Africanism’s High Tide: A Conversation with Howard W. French 48:17

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The Second Emancipation: Nkrumah, Pan-Africanism, and Global Blackness at High Tide (Liveright, 2025), the second work in a trilogy from best-selling author Howard W. French about Africa's pivotal role in shaping world history, underscores Adam Hochschild's contention that French is a "modern-day Copernicus." The title--referring to a brief period …

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Terry Kirby, "The Newsmongers: A History of Tabloid Journalism" (Reaktion Books, 2024) 52:03

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The Newsmongers unfolds the seedy history of tabloid journalism, from the first printed ‘Strange Newes’ sheets of the sixteenth century to the sensationalism of today’s digital age. The narrative weaves from Regency gossip writers through New York’s ‘yellow journalism’ battles to the ‘sex and sleaze’ Sun of the 1970s; and from the Brexit-backing po…

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Best of 2025: Mike Doleman on surving the Blythe Star 53:00

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At 18 years old, Mick Doleman miraculously survived when his ship capsized in the freezing Southern Ocean off Tasmania. But as he floated in a life raft with his nine crewmates, his ordeal at sea had only just begun. This episode of Conversations was produced by Meggie Morris, the Executive Producer was Nicola Harrison. It covers ship wreck, overcr…

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Best of 2025: How I became a brainwashed cult bride 53:31

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Liz Cameron was 18 years old when a stranger approached her in a book shop. It was the beginning of her induction into a cult, and it was an experience Liz barely survived. The process of brainwashing happened gradually, first came the love-bombing and the allure of finding a new purpose in life. Then came the isolation from friends and family, alo…

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Future of the upland gamekeeper 13:21

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Retired professor Simon Denny comes to the 2025 Carter Jonas Game Fair Theatre to talk to Charlie about the future for upland gamekeepers. Simon Denny's report is at MoorlandAssociation.org/post/new-report-highlights-gamekeepers-crucial-role-in-wildfire-prevention-and-moorland-conservation For more ways to listen to this podcast, go to FieldsportsC…

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Best of 2025: The young boat builder who rowed across the Pacific 52:16

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Tom Robinson was a 14-year-old living in the Brisbane suburbs when he made a promise to himself to become the youngest person ever to row across the Pacific Ocean. Nine years later Tom set off from Peru bound for Australia without a support crew and limited communication. Tom navigated by the stars, made eye contact with a shark and rowed up to 15 …

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Hannah Frydman, "Between the Sheets: Sexuality, Classified Advertising, and the Moral Threat to Press Freedom in France" (Cornell UP, 2025) 45:53

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Between the Sheets: Sexuality, Classified Advertising, and the Moral Threat to Press Freedom in France (Cornell UP, 2025) by Dr. Hannah Frydman reveals a space, hidden in plain sight in Third Republican Paris, where deviant sexualities and lives could be experimented with and financed, despite republican attempts at growing and norming the populati…

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Best of 2025: Claire Keegan on bravery, writing and the single life 53:10

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The bestselling Irish author grew up on a farm set on “50 acres on the side of a hill”. Growing up, she witnessed a harsh, misogynistic country that convinced her she would never marry. Claire shares what she has learned about writing from a litter of newborn piglets. Her works Small Things Like These and Foster have both been made into movies. Cla…

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Return of 4K Kitty | Metroid Prime 4: Beyond, Doom: The Dark Ages, Suikoden + More 1:35:31

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Hide your kids, hide your wallets - GREG'S BACK. Aaron, Gerry, and Greg rip and tear into some news and then discuss sweet games like Space Marine 2, Metroid Prime 4: Beyond, Doom: The Dark Ages, Suikoden, and WAY MORE. Also Greg's a cat in this episode, so that's fucking cool. 🦋 COOL LINKS: 🧾 Transcript 📺 Video Version 👉 Hard Image of the Week 👈 ★…

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Stephen J. Dubner | from Design Matters 1:25:06

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Stephen J. Dubner is an award-winning journalist, bestselling author, and co-creator of Freakonomics—the cultural phenomenon that, over the past 20 years, has grown into a global franchise, changing how millions think, revealing the hidden side of everything, and challenging us to question what we know. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for mo…

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Best of 2025: How Vincent Fantauzzo's life was saved by love and painting 52:00

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When artist Vincent Fantauzzo was a boy he was a street-fighting petty criminal with dyslexia and a blazing talent for drawing. He escaped jail time, and grew up to become one of Australia's most well-known portrait artists. VIncent Fantauzzo is one of Australia's most successful portrait artists. For his luminous, photo-realistic paintings he's wo…

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Encore: the life of Norman Swan 51:00

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How a boy from Glasgow named Norman Swirsky grew up to become Australia's most famous doctorWhen Norman was 10 years old his dad decided to change the family's surname to Swan in a response to ongoing anti-Semitism in Scotland after WWII. Norman wanted to be an actor growing up, but his parents encouraged him to study medicine. After he completed h…

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William McInnes' bittersweet summers — budgie smugglers, boardies and bumming around 50:30

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The author and actor thinks summer in Australia is done bigger, better and weirder than anywhere else. For three months of the year, life slows down and heats up. But for William, summer in Australia is an imperfect paradise where more than anything, people yearn to connect. Summer can be a hellish time in Australia, where temperatures soar and fir…

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Season 6: Andy Frasco Saves the World 26:08

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Pop. Funk. Soul. Rock. Blues. Call him whatever you want, but Andy Frasco is an exceptionally talented and exciting independent singer-songwriter and performer from Los Angeles who has built a solid career through relentless touring and an energetic performance style. After teaching himself piano at 17, he used his bar mitzvah savings to buy a van …

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How living like a Stoic changed my life 51:19

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Journalist and author, Brigid Delaney looked into the ancient philosophy during an assignment from her editor. What she discovered led her to years of study and a brand-new outlook on life that focuses less on happiness and more on meaning and contentment. Brigid is devoted to the Stoics, a philosophy that encourages its followers to focus on what …

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Aaron Smale, "Tairāwhiti: Pine, Profit and the Cyclone" (Bridget Williams, 2024) 44:44

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"The Coast has been battered for years by decisions made by those who don’t live there and don’t have any connection to the place. It started early." Based on his investigative Newsroom series, Aaron Smale’s Tairāwhiti: Pine, Profit and the Cyclone (Bridget Williams, 2024) goes deep into the region’s struggle with colonial legacies and environmenta…

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The Rajneeshees and me — why Martina thought she needed a guru to heal 53:00

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Cult survivor and psychotherapist Dr Martina Zangger on her ten years devoted to an Indian mystic and how she learned to stand on her own two feet. When Martina Zangger was 19 years old she became a devotee of the Rajneeshee Movement led by the Guru, Bhagwan. The cult had its headquarters in a huge ashram, built in rural Oregon, and Martina decided…

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Balls X Ghost | Metroid Prime 3: Corruption, Kirby Air Riders, Ball x Pit + More 1:51:09

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POP THEM SHIRTS OFF - IT'S SUPER GHOST TIME! Gerry, Aaron, and Beth discuss the new Steam Machine, what games they're playing, what machines they'd transform into if they were Transformers, and we finally confess our infatuation with Walton Goggins. 🦋 COOL LINKS: 🧾 Transcript 📺 Video Version 👉 Hard Image of the Week 👈 ★Patreon★ ★Ko-Fi★ All other li…

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Why we need to know our lives matter | Jennifer Wallace 15:19

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It’s not enough to do important work — we need to know it truly matters, says journalist Jennifer Wallace. Drawing on her research into firefighters, caregivers and more, she shows how simple acts of acknowledgment and connection can fuel our sense of purpose in a world that too often undervalues recognition. After the talk, Modupe shares how you c…

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Margaretha Geertsema-Sligh, "Journalism and Gender: Global Perspectives" (Routledge, 2025) 51:20

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In this episode, New Books Network host Nina Bo Wagner talks to Margaretha Geertsema-Sligh about her new book Journalism and Gender: Global Perspectives (Routledge, 2025). They discuss how gender continues to shape who produces the news, how stories are told, and whose voices are amplified or silenced in the global media landscape. Drawing on inter…

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Gwyneth Mellinger, "Racializing Objectivity: How the White Southern Press Used Journalism Standards to Defend Jim Crow" (U Massachusetts Press, 2024) 24:46

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“When the civil rights movement began to challenge Jim Crow laws, the white southern press reframed the coverage of racism and segregation as a debate over journalism standards. Many white southern editors, for instance, designated Black Americans as “Negro” in news stories, claiming it was necessary for accuracy and “objectivity,” even as white su…

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#67 - Entitled or Excluded? Paving Over Tradition with Curriculum and Policy 1:32:40

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Send us a text Introduction & Busting Myths on Success 0:00:00 Reservation Fashion & Cultural Standards 0:01:16 Archetypes & Unique Characters on the Rez 0:05:11 Tribal Jobs & Entitlement 0:11:19 Committees, Cultural Transmission & Gatekeeping 0:19:30 Learning Tradition: Formal vs. Authentic 0:38:28 Ceremony, Custom, and Curriculum 0:52:43 Institut…

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Encore: Helen Garner's love letter to her grandson, and football 52:10

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When Helen Garner began following her grandson Amby's under-16s football team, it was a chance to spend more time with her youngest grandchild before he became an adult and she was fascinated by the spectacle. She went along to all the games, and to every training session, shivering on the sidelines at dusk, it also gave Helen a new writing project…

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The forgotten men who fought and died in the wild jungles of Borneo 53:00

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At the very end of World War Two, Australian soldiers were sent to Borneo to dislodge the occupying Japanese Forces. The story of their brutal fighting was largely forgotten by their own compatriots, who never understood why they went in there in the first place. It was one of the largest amphibious landings of the whole war, and what followed was …

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Deciding to live—recovery from a decade long battle with anorexia 50:23

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While fighting anorexia Lexi Crouch was admitted to hospital 25 times and placed in an induced coma twice. When doctors told her she would die, she began the slow climb up and out to health (CW: discussion of eating disorders) Lexi was 16 when she was first admitted to hospital and diagnosed with anorexia and spent the next decade in and out specia…

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Frosty the supercars legend and his race to the top of Mount Panorama 53:00

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Mark Winterbottom grew up in outer Western Sydney, in a family with not much money to spend on expensive hobbies. But by an extraordinary twist of fate, Mark won his first mini motorbike in a shopping centre raffle at the age of 8. Immediately, he was off, speedily rising up from bikes to kart racing, and then to V8 Supercars. Mark won race after r…